[Rathji]

I have always been a Conservative voter, but support many ideas of the other parties, most notably the Green Party during the past election.

My honest, and obviously a little bit biased, opinion is that Stephan Harper is just like every other politician. He does some things I don't like and some things I do. He does some things that might be bad for the country and some things that might be good. Like the OP, I have a good impression of him as a person, even though I know a few of his personal views on some social issues differ from mine.

That said, I can't think of anyone I would want to lead our country now, or in the near future. The options are really bleak. Layton is out of touch with what our country needs, but that is probably because he has positioned himself as a perpetual opposition, without any real ideas for the country that make sense. There is something about Ignatieff's personality that rubs me the wrong way, which could just be because of my anti-Liberal Party bias kicking in, but I think if it came down to it and he was elected I probably would be ok with it, as long as it wasn't in a majority position.